Laying Out Grey Water Planters and Plumbing for the Earthship
Posted by Chris in Can walls, Construction, Earthship, Graywater on 24. Jul, 2011 | 6 Comments
This last week has been challenging; we have been laying out the grey water planters and the bathroom walls along the south face of the earthship.
The challenge has been laying out the planters and walls while making sure we still have space for kitchen counters, walkways between the rooms and everything that has got to … Read More →
Too busy to post here
Posted by Sandra in Construction, Earthship, Electrical, Graywater on 21. Jul, 2011 | 0 Comments
I have recently posted pictures to our FB page, The Darfield Earthship. Both Chris and I have been busy working in Kamloops and also on the house with James Hornett’s help. Very little time to sit down and do more than click buttons to upload photos. Chris has especially been wanting to post, but now … Read More →
Moving forward
Posted by Sandra in Construction, Earthship, Electrical, Graywater, Plumbing on 06. Jul, 2011 | 0 Comments
After much discussion Chris and I have come up with a plan to get the house jump-started again.
As many know, we have been consulting in Kamloops for several months. I’ve been almost full-time and Chris 2-3 times a week. It’s been lucrative work. We didn’t NEED to earn this money to finish the house, but … Read More →
Where Did All the Pop Cans Go?
Posted by Chris in Bond beam, Can walls, Construction, Earthship, Front Wall, Graywater, Tires on 22. Apr, 2010 | 1 Comment
We’ve been robbed!
After months of collecting pop cans we had BAGS of cans squirreled away in our storage shed. When I popped my head in the shed yesterday to admire our collection I realized most of the cans were gone and there were just a few lonely bags left …
The culprit was not very … Read More →
The Front Wall…coming down the home stretch of tires!
Posted by Chris in Construction, Earthship, Graywater, Plumbing, Tires on 13. Apr, 2010 | 0 Comments
Construction of the front wall is proceeding quickly … we are now on our third (and hopefully final) row of tires! We have packed 75 out of a total of about 100 tires for this wall. Over the weekend the kids helped, and we moved along quickly! Everybody is tired, and I think the kids … Read More →
You Tube video about permitted Greywater System in Petaluma, California
Posted by Sandra in Graywater on 11. Mar, 2009 | 0 Comments
Chris and I watched this last night…it is about 30 minutes long but worth seeing…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBMpaWq4EKE
